Genetic mapping of genes regulating the thymus size in back-cross rats between the laboratory BUF/Mna strain and the MITE strain derived from the wild rat, Rattus norvegicus

Pathology International

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 436-441

  Sharma, Nidhi ^a   Ohyabu, Atsushi ^a   Murakumo, Yoshiki ^a   Takahashi, Masahide ^a   Saito, Mitsuhiro ^a   Amo, Hiroyuki ^c   Murayama, Shin Ichiro ^a   Ohno, Kyoko ^b   Oda, Sen Ichi ^b   Matsuyama, Mutsushi ^d  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Aichi Women's College   (Japan)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BUF Mna rats; Ten 1; Thymoma susceptible gene; Thymus enlargement gene; Thymus suppressive gene; Tsr 1; Tsu 1; Wild rat MITE strain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 3; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GROWTH REGULATION; INBRED STRAIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THYMOMA; THYMUS;

EID: 8544257054     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1997.tb04521.x     Document Type: Article

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